Hail to da Chief
This isn't really an Aarowatch post, but I think just about all (both?) of you know that Bruschetta Boy is also known as Daniel Davies ('e's no relation to David Davis). I don't know if Dan has spotted that his claim to fame just hit that point of the exponential graph where the y co-ordinate roughly equals infinity.
The story starts here. Note the 'shorter' which our man created for Stephen den Beste.
Enter a commenter who objects that the 'shorter' quote "does not exist" in the original post. When the meaning of "shorter" is explained, said commenter returns with
Cue hilarity featuring lolcat. And there's more.
Update 21:55 The Editors, Rick Astley and all. ageism; hello Chuck, nice beard (or is is a fist?); Venn, Obama, and Einstein; and These are not the internet traditions you're looking for.
Update 22:45 The End?. If only! All yr memes r belong to us!
The story starts here. Note the 'shorter' which our man created for Stephen den Beste.
Enter a commenter who objects that the 'shorter' quote "does not exist" in the original post. When the meaning of "shorter" is explained, said commenter returns with
I am aware of all internet traditions and also of literary conventions in which placing something in quotes or in a blockquote means that your are quoting that person.
Cue hilarity featuring lolcat. And there's more.
Update 21:55 The Editors, Rick Astley and all. ageism; hello Chuck, nice beard (or is is a fist?); Venn, Obama, and Einstein; and These are not the internet traditions you're looking for.
Update 22:45 The End?. If only! All yr memes r belong to us!
posted by Chardonnay Chap at 6/18/2008 07:50:00 PM
6 Comments:
Does d^2 really want to be reminded of his flamewar with Den Beste? As I recall, it got a bit ugly.
not as ugly as it should have done. In particular, I ended up withdrawing a few choice epithets because den Beste decided to publish a few personal details about my employer on his website.
I have nbot the faintest idea what any of this is about. Can anybody assist?
I don't think it would yield quite the same LOLs if I painstakingly explained the whole thing in one post. It's one of those "you had to be there" *and* "you have to have that kind of sense of humour" things.
That's OK. I shall return to my chessboard and my string quartets.
I'm with EJH on this one: I'm reminded of angels dancing on pinheads.
If "you had to be there" then there isn't much point telling it to those of us who weren't there.
Moussaka Man
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